2023 Pre-Season Testing - Bahrain International Circuit, Feb 23 - 25

[AR3-GP]

That is a banger of a stint. Bahrain is going to be bedlam.

[TimW]

The Mercedes appears to have far more upward mobility in terms of development than RB, which has been honed to a very high degree already with it just being an update from last year's car. Mercedes is just beginning to unlock this package.

I'd say about 6-8 tenths more...

[f1jcw]

C1 the tyre to have next week then

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C1 the tyre to have next week then

It has performed excellently all test and even Isola confirms it is not much slower than the C2

[cplchanb]

The Mercedes appears to have far more upward mobility in terms of development than RB, which has been honed to a very high degree already with it just being an update from last year's car. Mercedes is just beginning to unlock this package.

Or you could view it as RB having carried over most of the car, saving $ in the process and are still clear of the rest.. There are plenty of ways to look at things

It will all depend on how the 2021 scandal penalty plays out. The base 2023 car was probably unaffected by it but if intense in season development is required then they may lose out later on in the year. For sure their 2024 will be affected though, but to how much degree depends on if there's close competition this year

[avantman]

2023 car affected as well, the thing is they use resources available extremely smartly. the penalty period started at 26 oct 2022, 4 months in already. 8 months left.

[CriXus]

[AR3-GP]

2023 car affected as well, the thing is they use resources available extremely smartly. the penalty period started at 26 oct 2022, 4 months in already. 8 months left.

Remove 2 weeks of summer shutdown. 7.5 months.

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2023 car affected as well, the thing is they use resources available extremely smartly. the penalty period started at 26 oct 2022, 4 months in already. 8 months left.

Remove 2 weeks of summer shutdown. 7.5 months.

Who needs a wind tunnel when they can flow-vis every part of the car

[etusch]

This old fart lost nothing from his odor in time.

[RedNEO]

[snip]

Very impressive stint! Both long run pace and one lap pace was very strong by Alonso.

[avantman]

2023 car affected as well, the thing is they use resources available extremely smartly. the penalty period started at 26 oct 2022, 4 months in already. 8 months left.

Remove 2 weeks of summer shutdown. 7.5 months.

even better...

2023 car affected as well, the thing is they use resources available extremely smartly. the penalty period started at 26 oct 2022, 4 months in already. 8 months left.

Remove 2 weeks of summer shutdown. 7.5 months.

Who needs a wind tunnel when they can flow-vis every part of the car

right

[organic]

When quoting that long tweet plz remove the tweet link because it is very cluttering

[LM10]

2023 car affected as well, the thing is they use resources available extremely smartly. the penalty period started at 26 oct 2022, 4 months in already. 8 months left.

We can’t know which resources have been used smartly to which extent. The only thing we know is that the amount they overspent in 2021 was the amount some of the smaller teams use for the whole in-season development. Looking at it from that perspective that’s a massive advantage they’ve had and we don’t know how much of that advantage went into the RB19.
What I’m curious about is if they’ve overspent last season again since they must have continued with the same interpretation of the budget cap.

[avantman]

2023 car affected as well, the thing is they use resources available extremely smartly. the penalty period started at 26 oct 2022, 4 months in already. 8 months left.

We can’t know which resources have been used smartly to which extent. The only thing we know is that the amount they overspent in 2021 was the amount some of the smaller teams use for the whole in-season development. Looking at it from that perspective that’s a massive advantage they’ve had and we don’t know how much of that advantage went into the RB19.
What I’m curious about is if they’ve overspent last season again since they must have continued with the same interpretation of the budget cap.

What? 430k is what small teams use for the whole in-season development?